Instrumental Duet,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1503126 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. 45 pages. Robert A. Howard #1078708. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1503126). This piece is an extended, three movement Violin Sonata for violin and piano. The work explores the subtitle concept of 'circling'. This is pursued through a wide variety of musical elements. These include: circling melodies, repetitive chains of (modulating) chord sequences, motoric cross-rhythms and syncopation, heterophonic canonic textures, and large-scale concentric structures. The fast, first movement is in a loose symmetrical sonata form in D (modal) minor. The resolute and scalic first subject, based on the opening core motif, is followed by a transition to a more lyrical and repetitive, cantabile second theme. The ensuing development section passes through various keys, with a new, modal third theme at its centre, featuring parallel motion, syncopation, and an ostinato in the accompaniment. The varied recapitulation presents the opening two themes in reverse order (thus giving overall structural symmetry to the movement). The heart of the work as a whole is the slow romanza-like second movement, centred on G. In ternary form, the outer sections present a highly memorable lyrical theme in a series of modulating and canonic textural variations. The contrasting middle section is much more unsettled in its three varied statements of a new theme accompanied by uncertain minor sevenths chords. The rondo-like finale in D is the most minimalist in style and rhythm. A circling, motivic and scalic main theme appears between highly contrasting episodes. The first of these is a folk-like rustic theme, while the second is a sentimental melody, played over an arpeggio and descending bass line accompaniment. Heard 3 times, in 3 different keys and registers, this idea leads to an recap of the main rondo theme, signalling the end of the work. Overall, the piece is genuinely melodic and is accessible to the listener. The work is suitable for performance by higher grade or professional violinists and pianists. Please note that the document provided is the full score only (also serves as the piano part), with reference audio.Duration: 22 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Choral Choir,Choral (SA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1398873 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,A Cappella,Advent,Christmas,Classical. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #982146. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1398873). This work is an unaccompanied two-part choral setting of the famous poem by Christina Rossetti. It features a 3-verse structure (mirroring the text), with coda. The piece builds up throughout, as an attempt to depict the increasing sense of abundant love, referred to in the text. The main melodic material is deliberately simple and rather folk/chant-like. This essentially appears as a single line in the first verse, becoming a two-part canon (by one bar) in the second verse, and finally a two-part canon (by half a bar) in the third verse. The imitative coda leads to ultimate resolution at the end. The work is highly accessible, and is designed for performance by good SA choirs, able to effectively sustain such unaccompanied singing. Versions for SATB choir, and for solo voice (both unaccompanied), are also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089745 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #693952. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089745). This is the third in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This particular piece explores the whole range of the piano in varied statements of a 10-bar semiquaver toccata theme, featuring canons and a superimposed scotch-snap idea. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sketch cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998808 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6072423. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998808). This piece is concerned with memories and reminiscences. It uses a harmonic sequence of jazz-like chords, only heard fully in the final passage. The work is characterised by material recurring out of sequence throughout the piece, with only subtle changes (mainly of context). This helps to establish the 'reminiscence' aspect of the work. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players.Duration: 2 minutes 05 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1407270 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Holiday. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #989943. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1407270). Carousel is flexibly scored in up to seven instrumental parts. The piece attempts to evoke the motion and momentum of a fairground merry-go-round. This work is texturally cumulative as each of the 7 parts is added in turn, in crescendo, until the whole ensemble is playing and repeating, in a series of contrasting, but related musical figures. The simplicity of the piece's concept belies the increasing complexity of the music. Note: this document is the score (includes transpositions). The set is also available by searching via the COMA Music Library. No audio track is provided due to the flexibility and variability of the work.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089750 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #693957. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089750). This is the sixth in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This particular piece is a simple cycle of ascending repetitions of a 10-bar added-note chord sequence, with octave bass line, that rise by a perfect fifth each time. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sketch cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998892 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional,Religious. Score. 8 pages. Robert A. Howard #6572655. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998892). Ascension was originally conceived as a wind quintet. This second version was arranged for solo piano. This music gradually ascends in pitch, though a central chorale section suggests a deeper, religious meaning of ascent. The work conveys a 'procession' in which couples, represented by the dominant two-part texture, gradually make their way upwards. Crowds line the route. The scene evokes Christ's ascent to the crucifixion. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for more advanced pianists, including students and professionals. Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408881 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. 15 pages. Robert A. Howard #991482. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1408881). Promenade III takes its title from the Promenade group of five large sculptures by Anthony Caro (1996). This set of steel constructions is on permanent display in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Musical material and form is derived from the contours and structures of the sculptures. Some sections of the piece are conventionally notated (and conducted), while other sections feature repetitive free improvisation on given material. Promenade III is flexibly scored in 15 instrumental parts. Suggestions for instrumentation are indicated. Note: this document is the full score only. The full set of parts (including transpositions), with score, is available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: 6 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998878 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6383281. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998878). The Fragment series of short piano pieces was conceived for pianists of almost any standard. As suggested in the title, each piece is based on a single compositional fragment or sketch that had otherwise remained incomplete and dormant. Fragment IV is a modern-day two-part invention. The piece explores various permutations of the opening four bar subject, passed between the hands throughout. Meanwhile, a second part is created by using the initial idea in canon, or by introducing a secondary scalic subject. The work is in a ternary structure, with the opening section returning in a shortened form, and with parts swapped over, as the final part. Meanwhile, the middle section explores the initial subject in augmentation, with a varied secondary part. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for almost all standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Fragment cycle are also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1471091 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. 7 pages. Robert A. Howard #1048722. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471091). 'May You Always Be Joyful' sets a biblical text from the New Testament (Philippians 4:4-9, in the New International Version). This setting is for solo mezzo-soprano voice, with wind quintet and piano. The piece aims to give appropriate musicial expression to the text. Several key ideas, motifs and chords recur, and are juxtaposed in a mosaic-like manner. The piece focuses on harmonies with added augmented fourths, reminiscent of Messiaen, in an attempt to express joy or even ecstasy. The influence of Berio (Folksongs) can be seen in the doubling, colouring, and sustaining of the vocal line by the wind quintet and piano, creating an 'accidental' form of harmony, as well as supporting the singer. The piece is appropriate for most standards of singer and instrumentalist. The attached document is the score only, with audio for reference. Another version of this work, for solo mezzo soprano and piano only, is available from Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 5 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089367 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Instructional. Score. 4 pages. Robert A. Howard #693565. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089367). This is the third in a set of three piano miniatures, which, as part of the compositional process, originally derived melodic material by setting lines from Shakespeare's Sonnets to music. This piece is essentially a set of textural variations on a folk-like theme, the tune appearing a fourth higher each time. The work employs simple variation techniques that are in-keeping with the folk genre, such as drones, modality, and parallel harmonies. Towards the end, a descending sequence leads to a final variation on the theme in the opening key, in rhythmic augmentation. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sonnet cycle, including the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089363 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #693561. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089363). This is the first in a set of three piano miniatures, which, as part of the compositional process, originally derived melodic material by setting lines from Shakespeare's Sonnets to music. In this ternary form piece, the opening section explores sequences of 'chord building'. This is followed by a middle section based on arpeggio figures, before returning to the initial ideas in inversion. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for almost all standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from this Sonnet cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Horn - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998773 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Holiday. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #5868817. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998773). This piece is an arrangement of a short work for handbells (also available in a one hand piano version), originally written as a centenary tribute to the great American composer Aaron Copland (born 1900). The work makes a brief reference to Copland's famous 'Fanfare for the Common Man' before developing its own sense of line. Harmonies are created by sustaining melodic notes in the manner of bells. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for higher standard horn players, including students and the more advanced. The handbell, and the one hand piano versions of this work are available for purchase via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998840 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Standards. 18 pages. Robert A. Howard #6139325. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998840). String Quartet No. 1 is a single ten-minute movement which integrates the traditional four movements into a single arched design. The piece was directly inspired by the playing of the Medici Quartet, and contains veiled references to Ravel's classic String Quartet in F. The work remains broadly tonal and melodic throughout, as it develops key themes and motifs. Lines are often derived from the octatonic scale, and the key interval of the augmented fourth. Some harmonies are the product of symmetries and inversions. This piece was the Winner of the 1999 Gregynog Festival, Young Composers' Award of Wales. It is highy accessible and is appropriate for higher standard musicians, including students and the more advanced. Duration: 10 minute 00 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408403 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,New Age. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #990982. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1408403). Critical Mass is a sculptural installation by Antony Gormley (1995), which as been displayed at Tate St. Ives, Cornwall. It consists of multiple iron casts of the artist's body, in various poses. These are randomly distributed around the gallery space. This flexibly scored piece is a musical reflection of this artwork, in 6 sections (labelled A-F), for any mixed ensemble, with an untuned percussion part (F). Rhythms and pitch material remain similar throughout. However, following an initial solo statement (A), the texture is continually varied within the context of multiple free canons (B-E). The piece concludes with a conventionally notated and conducted unison section (in octaves), as the work comes full circle (F). Note: this document is the full score (with transpositions indicated). No audio track is provided here due to the considerable flexibility and variability of performances. The original score is available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk